Posted: May 22, 2009

Date of Sighting: 20th May 2009
Time: 21:40 approx

Witness Statement: Bright orange orb hovering in the sky, size of a thumbnail held at arms length. I was coming into Odd Down from Radstock and I saw this light apparently hovering over the Oldfield Park area. I travel this way every evening on my way to work, and as an astronomer know what lights should be there - and what should not! I have also seen the Chinese lantern footage, it was nothing like them, as this orb was clearly rotating, and actually appeared to be on fire. It then turned towards the North and disappeared into a cloud. I waited a minute or so, but the light did not reappear.

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